Nasser Biria

{{Short description|Iranian politician and Muslim imam (1959–2025)}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Nasser Sagha-ye Biria | image = Nasser Biria.jpg | alt =  | caption = Biria during a press conference in 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1959|01|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Kermanshah, Iran | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|01|14|1959|01|22|df=y}} | death_place = | political_party = Front of Islamic Revolution Stability | alma_mater = McGill University<br />University of Houston | organization = Imam Khomeini Educational Research Institute | other_names = | relatives = Foad Izadi (son-in-law) | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}

'''Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria''' ({{langx|fa|محمدناصر سقای بی‌ریا}}; 22 January 1959 – 14 January 2025) was an Iranian Shi'a cleric, conservative politician and head of psychology department at Imam Khomeini Educational Research Institute.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/07/selected-headlines-196.html|title=Interview with Dr. Naser Saghaye Biria|date= 29 June 2010|access-date=1 August 2017|work=Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting}}</ref> He was a senior member of Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eaworldview.com/2014/03/iran-political-threat-rouhani-introducing-endurance-front/|title=Iran: A Political Threat to Rouhani? Introducing the Endurance Front|publisher=EA WorldView|date=14 March 2014|access-date=1 March 2017}}</ref> In the early 2000s, Saghaye-Biria was Imam of The Islamic Education Center of Houston, Texas.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/high-tech-shia-pet-6557281|title=High-Tech Shia Pet|date=20 February 2003|access-date=7 April 2017|work=Houston Press}}</ref>

Biria was born on 22 January 1959.<ref>[https://nokhbegan.mana.sccsr.ac.ir/%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7/ رزومه حجت الاسلام دکتر سقای بی ریا] {{in lang|fa}}</ref> He was a ''protégé'' of Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi<ref name="pbs">{{citation|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/07/selected-headlines-196.html|title=Selected Headlines: Ahmadinejad's Advisor on Religious Affairs Resigns|date=22 July 2010|access-date=11 December 2016|work=Tehran Bureau|publisher=PBS|author=Nader Uskowi}}</ref> and served as an advisor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on clerical and religious affairs.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/briefs/iran-news-round-up/iran-news-round-up-may-24-2011-1|title=Iran News Round Up|date=24 May 2011|access-date=7 April 2017|work=Critical Threats Project Iran|author=Ali Alfoneh, Ahmad Majidyar and Michael Rubin}}</ref> Biria died on 14 January 2025, at the age of 65.<ref>[https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/1029959/%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA «سقای بی ریا» درگذشت] {{in lang|fa}}</ref>

== Electoral history == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Year !! Election !!Votes !! % !! Rank !! Notes !! Ref |- |rowspan="2"|2012||Parliament {{small|Tehran R1◦}}||266,555||12.57||35th | style="background-color:#FFFFE0"|''Went to Run-off''||[http://www.khabaronline.ir/(X(2ghjo))/detail/204345/Politics/election KhabarOnline] |- |Parliament {{small|Tehran R2◦}}||{{decrease}} 221,941||{{increase}} 19.70||36th | style="background-color:#C66"|Lost||[http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/118408/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-50-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 MashreghNews] |- |rowspan="2"|2016||Assembly of Experts {{small|Qom}} !colspan="3" {{n/a}} | style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|''Disqualified''||[http://www.roozonline.com/persian/opinion/opinion-article/article/-2f7ed80eab.html RoozOnline] |- |Parliament {{small|Tehran}} !colspan="3" {{n/a}} | style="background-color:#C0C0C0"|''Withdrew'' || [http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13941119001225 FarsNews] |}

== Bibliography == *{{cite thesis|last=Saghaye-Biria|first=M. N.|title=Feyz Kashani On Self- Accounting And Self-Supervision|url=http://ganj.irandoc.ac.ir/articles/383607|publisher=McGill University|date=1997}} *{{cite thesis|last=Saghaye-Biria|first=M. N.|title=Morality in the Context of Belief: An Islamic Perspective|url=http://ganj.irandoc.ac.ir/articles/383184|publisher=University of Houston|date=2004}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh}} {{s-ttl|title=Spokesperson of the Front of Islamic Revolution Stability|years=2013–2016}} {{s-aft|after=Majid Mottaghifar}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biria, Nasser}} Category:1959 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Presidential advisers of Iran Category:Front of Islamic Revolution Stability politicians Category:McGill University alumni Category:University of Houston alumni Category:Imams in North America Category:People from Kermanshah Category:Imam Khomeini's Educational and Research Institute